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Grant-DbaAgPermission

Author Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net
Availability Windows, Linux, macOS

 

Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Grant-DbaAgPermission on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Grant-DbaAgPermission.

Synopsis

Grants endpoint and availability group permissions to a login.

Description

Grants endpoint and availability group permissions to a login. If the account is a Windows login and does not exist, it will be automatically added.

Syntax

Grant-DbaAgPermission
    [[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
    [[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-Login] <String[]>]
    [[-AvailabilityGroup] <String[]>]
    [-Type] <String[]>
    [[-Permission] <String[]>]
    [[-InputObject] <Login[]>]
    [-EnableException]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

 

Examples

 

Example: 1
PS C:\> Grant-DbaAgPermission -SqlInstance sql2017a -Type AvailabilityGroup -AvailabilityGroup SharePoint -Permission CreateAnyDatabase

Adds CreateAnyDatabase permissions to the SharePoint availability group on sql2017a. Does not prompt for confirmation.

Example: 2
PS C:\> Grant-DbaAgPermission -SqlInstance sql2017a -Type AvailabilityGroup -AvailabilityGroup ag1, ag2 -Permission CreateAnyDatabase -Confirm

Adds CreateAnyDatabase permissions to the ag1 and ag2 availability groups on sql2017a. Prompts for confirmation.

Example: 3
PS C:\> Get-DbaLogin -SqlInstance sql2017a | Out-GridView -Passthru | Grant-DbaAgPermission -Type EndPoint

Grants the selected logins Connect permissions on the DatabaseMirroring endpoint for sql2017a

Required Parameters

-Type

Specify the object type to grant the provided Permission. Values accepted are Endpoint and/or AvailabilityGroup. Endpoint type will update the DatabaseMirroring object type found on the instance.

Alias
Required True
Pipeline false
Default Value
Accepted Values Endpoint,AvailabilityGroup

Optional Parameters

-SqlInstance

The target SQL Server instance or instances.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-SqlCredential

Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Login

The login or logins to modify.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-AvailabilityGroup

Only modify specific availability groups.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Permission

Grants one or more permissions:
Alter
Connect
Control
CreateSequence
CreateAnyDatabase
Delete
Execute
Impersonate
Insert
Receive
References
Select
Send
TakeOwnership
Update
ViewChangeTracking
ViewDefinition
CreateAnyDatabase
Connect is default.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value Connect
Accepted Values Alter,Connect,Control,CreateAnyDatabase,CreateSequence,Delete,Execute,Impersonate,Insert,Receive,References,Select,Send,TakeOwnership,Update,ViewChangeTracking,ViewDefinition
-InputObject

Enables piping from Get-DbaLogin.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline true (ByValue)
Default Value
-EnableException

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value False
-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the command were to run. No actions are actually performed.

Alias wi
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before executing any changing operations within the command.

Alias cf
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value